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Author: Ursula Kunnert

CAPInv. 1793: to koinon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Eastern Asia Minor
ii. Region Cilicia
iii. Site Lamos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κοινόν (Hagel-Tomaschitz, Repertorium Dir 7b)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to koinon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) s. i - ii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note Hagel-Tomaschitz, Repertorium Dir 7b, ll. 4, 9-10

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Hagel-Tomaschitz, Repertorium Dir 7b.
Note See also:
Bean and Mitford 1964-1968: 178-9 no. 198
Online Resources Bean and Mitford 1964-1968: 178-9 no. 198
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscription in Greek with regulations about the use of the tomb.
i.c. Physical format(s) A rock-cut tomb some 5 m to the north-east of Hagel-Tomaschitz, Repertorium Dir 6b (cf. CAPInv. 1791). In the pediment of the lid of the sarcophagus is a head within a wreath, to the right and left of the door are busts within garlands. The signature of the stonemason is on the front of the sarcophagus lid. The inscription of the koinon is above and to the left of the bust left of the entrance.
ii. Source(s) provenance Direvli (territory of ancient Lamos)

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The μνῆμα (mnema) is made by the son of Kallimachos, a Selgian stonemason (cf. CAPInv. 1791).

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership In contrast to CAPInv. 1786, where the group is formed around an individual, from whom it also takes its name and who obviously is the leader of the group, there seems to be no hierarchy between the members of the koinon.
iii. Members Only three members are named:
Polemon(?), son of (H)eleis,
A[---, son of ---],
T[ete]s, son of Thes
vi. Laws and rules The regulations are brief and to the point: no burial of individuals who do not belong to the association, accompanied by a funerary fine of 100 denarii, payable to the association, for failure to comply.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty Common burial space
iii. Income The koinon is designated as the recipient of a potential funerary fine.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number Only three members are named.
ii. Gender Men

XII. NOTES

i. Comments This tomb and Hagel-Tomaschitz, Repertorium Dir 6b (see CAPInv. 1791) seem to be built together. Maybe the two tombs belong to the same koinon. This may be an explanation for the small number of members recorded in this inscription.
iii. Bibliography Bean, G.E. and Mitford, T.B. (1970), Journeys in Rough Cilicia 1964-1968. Vienna.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The name of the association and the regulations suggest a private association.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain